Question follow-through · 48606
Refugees: Biometrics
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with refugee charities on the potential merits of creating greater flexibility for the collection of biometric information for people seeking refugee family reunion.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 7 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Visas: Standards · 14 May 2025
- Immigration Controls: English Language · 15 May 2025
- Refugees: Families · 15 May 2025
- British Nationality · 22 May 2025
- British Nationality · 22 May 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with refugee charities on the potential merits of creating greater flexibility for the collection of biometric information for people seeking refugee family reunion.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 May 2025
Answer published
The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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